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buller

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/

The English word “buller” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To boil or seethe.
  2. To make a lot of noise.
  3. To force one's way; to be pushy.

noun

  1. The bubbling or seething of a torrent.
  2. A steer that allows itself to be mounted by bulls when in the crowded conditions of a feedlot.
  3. A homosexual man.

Etymology

From Scots buller (“to boil, seethe”). Of obscure origin. Probably related to Old Norse bulla (“to boil”) and Old French bullir (“to boil”), Latin bulliō (“to boil”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”).

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